The Sybase Users’ Group of Texas will not hold a meeting in January. The SUG-TX Board is planning an exciting list of interesting topics and speakers for the 2013 calendar year so make a New Year’s Resolution and join us at the February meeting to learn more.

2) Future SUG-TX Meetings

Mark your calendar for future topics for SUG-TX Meetings:

February 26 Monthly Meeting TBA

March 26 Monthly Meeting TBA

3) Using WordPress To Rebuild The SUGTX.ORG Website

The Sybase User’s Group of Texas recently finalized a rewrite of its website www.sugtx.org. The site has been completely rebuilt using leading web technologies, including WordPress, commercial-grade WordPress templates, and WordPress widgets. The goal of this effort was to improve the content and maintainability of the SUGTX.ORG site. Visit www.sugtx.org and let us know what you think about it.

4) Join the SUG-TX LinkedIn Group

The Sybase Users’ Group of Texas has a group in LinkedIn. If you wish to join, submit a request. You can find the group by searching for “Sybase Texas” in the groups directory. Contact secretary@sugtx.org if you have any questions.

5) Database & Developer Digest Blog

Check out the Database & Developer Digest Blog by Adrian Bridgwater at www.isug.com. One of his latest blogs talks about SAP’s three ‘ages of HANA. Bridgwater states “The three ‘ages’ of HANA

So we come to the three ‘ages’ of HANA as we can now regard them.

@ Age #1: HANA essentially came from the analytics side and was marketed as a “data mart” and a solution store.

@ Age #3: Then as we moved through OnLine Analytical Processing (OLAP), HANA became positioned as a database for BW i.e. Business Warehousing.

@ Age #3: HANA’s third blossoming phase has seen the technology ultimately running as a transactional system. SAP suggests that if you had asked a techie developer/DBA three years if you could run a column store as a transactional system, the answer would have been no.” Learn more at www.isug.com.

6)ISUG’s new name is Independent SAP Technical User Group

At the Annual ISUG Membership meeting, the members voted to approve a change to ISUG’s legal company name from the “International Sybase User Group” to the “Independent SAP Technical User Group. Follow the ISUG Member’s Blog at www.isug.com and be the first to know about more upcoming changes.

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Welcome

SUGTX began in 1992 as a “chartered” Local User Group (LUG) of the International Sybase User Group (ISUG) and in that capacity, we urge you to also join ISUG to take advantage of the benefits of membership.

We are also the Sybase Technologies SIG for the Houston Area League of PC Users (HAL-PC), which is now the world’s largest PC user group. HAL-PC graciously provides access to its facilities for our meetings.